There is still debate over whether or not William Shakespeare wrote all the plays that are attributed to him. The most likely candidates are listed below. For each one there is accompanying evidence. Your task is to choose one likely suspect, evaluate the evidence and answer the questions on the attached Word document.
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- Ben Jonson
- http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/jonson/benshake.htm
- http://www.bartleby.com/200/sw10.html
- http://www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/benjonson.html
- Christopher Marlowe
- http://www.bardweb.net/debates.html
- http://shakespeareauthorship.com/elval.html
- http://www.pbs.org/shakespeare/players/player24.html
- http://www.marloweshakespeare.org/
- Edward de Vere
- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shakespeare/synopsis.html
- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shakespeare/
- http://www.bardweb.net/debates.html
- http://shakespeareauthorship.com/elval.html
- Sir Francis Bacon
- http://www.sirbacon.org/links/nytimes.html
- http://www.sirbacon.org/links/evidence.htm
- http://www.bardweb.net/debates.html
- William Shakespeare
- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shakespeare/
- http://www.bardweb.net/debates.html
- http://shakespeareauthorship.com/elval.html